Monicasque: love forgives. He must find out if she is willing to work things out for the better. If she is ready to lv her ways and build a real thing with Mr Man here then good for them but if she still wants to bitch around, tell him to lv her alone and go get someone who will truely love him

The lady has promised heaven and earth crying her eyes out....but I feel it is all acting thingz....My own position is that even if they would continue, he should abort all the introduction and marriage plans and free his mind abeggiii....

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Yungwizzzy: why let him suffer and not do a 'mercy killing' smh

We all suffer in one way or the other-whether physically, Medically, emotionally or spiritually. But have we been advised to die?...He chose to LIVE and he's made good use of his life...His animation would be out soonest...by the way, I dont think you read the full story before commenting!..coz there was no mention in the article that he goes through excruciating pain on a daily basis that could bring in the option of a mercy killing....and you should read up when euthanasia is considered....u probably commented based on the heading.

walexyll:

Doctors don't quite understand why the pair outlived their peers by so long, but now every day in the ward, Machado wakes up with his bed facing that of his remaining friend and lifelong neighbour, Eliana Zagui.

This throws back the question into the air...there is nothing absolute in this our world we live....we live in a world of mysteries which the little we know was dicsovered through trials and errors....It's also a pointer to the fact that there is a supreme being above all of us who just laugh at the disillussioned group of people who referred to themeselves as atheists

nchewi: Oboy!!! No source no Pix! Are u a learner?

updated....guess u're happy now...sure u didnt even finish reading the story before commenting coz I uploaded the sourece and the pix in a space of 2 minutes of initial upload....and u cudnt av finished reading before that time frame.....just keep it cool before asking if someone is a learner..OK?

I was full of emotions reading this story and just feel like sharing....This is simply COURAGE TO LIVE!


Paulo Henrique Machado has lived almost his entire life in hospital. As a baby he suffered infantile paralysis brought on by polio, and he is still hooked up to an artificial respirator 24 hours a day. But despite this, he has trained as a computer animator and is now creating a television series about his life.

The Brazilian's first memories are of exploring the hospital he has lived in for 45 years by wheelchair.

"I explored up and down the corridors, going into the rooms of other children that were here - that is how I discovered my 'universe'," he says.

"For me, playing football or with normal toys wasn't an option, so it was more about using my imagination."

Machado's mother died when he was two days old, and as a baby he contracted polio - the result of one of the last big outbreaks of the disease in Brazil.

The children on the 'polio ward' in the Clinicas Hospital
Ligia Marcia Fizeto, Machado's nursing assistant, began working in the hospital - Sao Paulo's Clinicas - shortly after he arrived.

"It was very sad to see all those children, all lying there immobilised in their beds, or with very little movement," she says.


A highly infectious viral disease that mainly affects children under five
Can cause irreversible paralysis
There is no cure, but polio vaccine given multiple times can protect a child for life
Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the only countries left with endemic polio

In the 1970s, children with polio were encased in a "torpedo" - a body-encasing iron lung - and doctors at the hospital gave grim assessments of the children's prospects. Few in the "polio ward" were expected to reach adolescence - their life expectancy was just 10 years.

With very limited mobility, Machado's world formed around the friends he made on the ward.

"There was me, Eliana, Pedrinho, Anderson, Claudia, Luciana and Tania. They were here for a good length of time too, more than 10 years," he says.

With the innocence of childhood, he never imagined that they would be parted. But by 1992, some of the children had begun to deteriorate - one by one, his friends began to die.

"It was difficult," says Machado. "Each loss was like a dismembering, you know, physical… like a mutilation," he says. "Now, there's just two of us left - me and Eliana."

Machado and Zagui (L) have grown up together
Doctors don't quite understand why the pair outlived their peers by so long, but now every day in the ward, Machado wakes up with his bed facing that of his remaining friend and lifelong neighbour, Eliana Zagui. He says their relationship is crucial. "Some people think we are like husband and wife, but we are more like brother and sister," he says.

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I opened the car door and saw the sea and thought 'Wow! What is this!”Paulo Machado

"Every day, when I wake up I have the certainty that my strength is over there - Eliana. And it's reciprocated. I trust her and she trusts me."

Despite this the two fight virtually every day, Machado says with a laugh. "I think that's normal between brother and sisters or a couple. But it's not an argument where one side feels offended, you end up reflecting and think, 'OK, I forgive you'," he says.

The danger of infection means that they have to live in hospital. Trips outside are rare but memorable, says Machado, who estimates that he has been outside of the hospital at least 50 times in total, more in recent years. Advances in medical technology mean that going out involves less heavy equipment and less medical supervision - and as they have got older, Zagui and Machado are prepared to take more risks.

Machado and Zagui at the beach
"There are some [trips] which stand out, like seeing the beach for the first time when I was 32. "I opened the car door and saw the sea and thought 'Wow! What is this!" he says.

It was Eliana Zagui's first time to visit the beach too. "I knew the beach only from photos, films, postcards, stories from other people - so I had built up an image in my mind of what the sea and the beach would be like," she recalls. "They took us out of the vehicles, Paulo was in a wheelchair and they pushed my bed onto the sand.

She remembers feeling the sea water with her hands for the first time. "You enjoy these little moments, that many people take for granted. They don't stop to marvel like we do," she says.


In the ward, Zagui fills her time writing - she is a published author - and painting using her mouth.

Because the pair have been living in the hospital for so long, they are allowed to decorate their room with their own possessions. Zagui's side is filled with dolls and books - and being a confirmed cinephile, Machado's is full of film memorabilia. He also has two powerful computers, as he has been able to train in hospital as a computer animator.


Paulo Henrique Machado spoke to Outlook on the BBC World Service


In May this year he reached his target - $65,000 (£44,000) - in an online campaign to raise finance for a 3D animated film series called The Adventures of Leca and her Friends, based on a book that Zagui wrote which he will direct.

The animation will feature a stop-motion technique, similar to that used by Aardman animations in films such as Wallace and Gromit.

Machado wanted to portray his life with Zagui - also known as Leca - and their friends. "I wanted to make it attractive, not just colourful but full of the mischievous games that kids get up to. I think my characters are realistic, because they come from someone who is disabled. I know [exactly] what the difficulties they face are," he says.


Cartoonist Bruno Saggese, who has been helping Machado with his film project for the last two years, says that when he first came to the hospital to help him with his designs, he was struck by the calm and relaxed atmosphere in Machado and Zagui's room.

"You are in an environment where there are patients in a critical state, worried family members, doctors and nurses running around. But when I went into their room, it seemed like a world apart," he says.

Machado is always telling jokes, he says. "This helps a lot with our work, and a lot of this dialogue between us ends up in the animation. It really is a reflection of him."

Nursing assistant Ligia Marcia Fizeto is extremely proud of Machado's achievements. "My heart is full of happiness that he could achieve one of his objectives, which is to make a film. "It's amazing where they've got to isn't it?"

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23364127

Same here ooo...Thought it was the vendor that "did wayo" for me...airtel should wake up and do something abegiiii

The whole glo hi flier thing is a BIGGG SCAMMMMM. I'm currently on always micro which qualifies me to be on the hi-flier plan. For the first few days,it looked real coz the call receipt sent by glo as a text msg after every call falls within the range of 18k/sec bt upon close examination,i discovered that the glo counter is doctored. For all the calls I made,they add at least 10secs to it,so that makes the call looks cheap on the receipt.e.g when I made a call for 60sec and was charged N24,the call receipt sent showed 70sec for N24 ! With that, glo had succeeded in deceiving a lot of people that calls are cheap.SCAMMMMMMM

Hmmmm....sitin next to lekan adeyemo himself-d guy that started ds thread....God bless u real good bro

Names reduced to 82 on d list...3 pple gone...there work distributed on us....more work

Guy me wey dey stay for ipaja....i don comot since 5am...took me 1hr 30mins to get here...gt here 6:30...and i met 3 pple there already

Already at pwc.....met 2 guys and a lady....d guys formin gist and "bobo" for themselve....heard one of them say pwc just came to Nigeria in 2002.....i laughed inside me in swahili....pwc wey don dey since the mid 1950s as pricewatershouse....hmmm another dude just entered formin familiarity.....trainin shd b interestin

Less than 3hrs....are u guys on ur way already?

Kolkleen:

And I heard there's an essay competition oooo, u can send in yours, I thnk its d coy dat makes Yoyo Bitters that's organizing it

guy,wetin i do u na wey u come enter me reach ds level....lolzzzz

hey guys,what preparations av u been doin for resumption....as for me,washed all my clothes yesterday,going out now to tie up all loose ends of my business and later get a couple of ties in d boutique .... 2mao,wud iron my clothes,pack them in my box.....wed mornin.....travellin down to lasgidi wud b on my mind.....lets av urs

owelyn no coudown 2day ni?....wetin happen na?

jstringz:

Lol...

Dats 4 u anyway. As for me am having nostalgia. I wish I had more time in TS but all d same I expect nufin less @ pwc.

guy,hope u've written ur intention of rejection of offer letter...wont really b nyc abandonin d prgram

and let the countdown begins

hopin nt to get another posponement mail this week ooooo.....do av a nice week ahead of u guys

@owenlyn and others...dont mind me....i'm just d kindda person that love to know d reason behind all actions....wasnt too impressed with d coy nt givin a reason for d postponement....well,1st is around d corner.....peace

I own take on d link is ds:
from d list of emails,85 pple were sent d mails whereas, 90 pple were offered d employment leavin us with 5pple that probably rejected their offer...thinkin they're nw callin for pple to augment for d 5 pple...d reason for d postponement in resumption coz they wudnt wanna train pple in bits

hey guys...check out ds link and tell me what u think.....https://www.nairaland.com/1063714/pwc-assessment-test#12618536

polybee: Thanks a lot munachi.

which post did u apply for and when did u apply for it?

No light in my area.....space reserved

but guys,truthfully,the wait is killing mehnn....thank God I hadnt 'broadcast' myself..people wud av been asking me various questions

owenlyn1: Am kind of bored at home, no joy at all, wish resumption was monday. Can't wait to resume and knw this guy using gmail.

jstringz:


U had better watch ur comments....

I hope ur frivolous and impetuous nature won't land you in hot soup.

Just like the aphorism goes; "a word is enough for the wise"

amen IJN....but next tym,u go tell me make i get dictionary beside me b4 i open ur comment G-string!

Got an alert from first bank for reimbursement for #30 wrongly deducted for sms services...hw on earth wud i av noticed #30?...these banks are complete rogues,pple expecting "big money" alert,u might not get any,what they do is systematic deductions that u wont notice...imagine them removin #30 from all their customers...dem don hammer b that ooo....

Kolkleen:
=))º°˚˚˚°ºнaĦaнaº°˚˚˚°º‎​=))
No play this kind play with me oooo *straight face*

abegiii no vex oooo....last thing i wanna do on NL is to make an enemy

Kolkleen: Me no receive any call , the guy fear when him see my passport photo

guy,u sure say dem neva help u reject that offer?

Got d call now from one timid-sounding guy named ugo